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Sun
Research Group

Public Engagement

We created a series of hands-on, interactive activities on MOFs, water intrusion, and energy absorption, presented to kids and parents for the first time at the Malvern Festival Family Day in October 2025.

You can find the information about each activity below. We are keen to use them for future engagement and education activities. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if there are such opportunities.

Public Engagement

Public Engagement

Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB)

Impact Test: SHPB

Come to see how different candies break under shock using Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar (SHPB)

Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)

Come to grow your MOF, and see how it absorbs mechancial energy?

Hydrophobicity

Some materials love water, while others not.

Compressible Liquids

Come to feel the difference between a compressible liquid and an imcompressible liquid.

Surface Area

Interior and exterior surface area

Water: bulk vs molecule

Come to feel how bulk water can break down to water molecules

Drop ball test

Drop Ball Test

Which pad absorbs more energy from the ball?

Eberechi Benjamin's reflection of the event

Reflection

The Sun Group presented MOFs and Energy Absorption on the Malvern Festival of Innovation 2025

Video Gallery

Please watch these introductory videos and experimental video recordings

Image Gallary

Please enjoy these postcards

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